Kim

I woke up next to him finding us surrounded by cans of beer. He was drunk but not agitated so that's something new. We both stunk of beer, we must have knocked over some in our sleep.

He dragged me out of the van by my feet and across the wet and muddy ground, into an old abandoned warehouse. It was cold, so cold that I could see my breath as I lay where he left me. I could hear water dripping from pipes or a leak in the roof. I shivered.

"What are we doing here?" I asked lying on my side. The warehouse was massive and dark and I could see chains hanging off the wall. Was this some sort of torture?

He ignored me.

"What no lights?" I joked, knowing fair well that he would be nursing a hangover from drinking after we got here.

"Shut up!" he shouted sitting on a box. I could see his feet, his shoelaces loose. Maybe I could escape; maybe I could tie the shoelaces together and go. But, what good will it do? I don't even know where I am right now. "Let me think"

"What are you going to do?" I asked "Lock me away?"

He knelt next to me and gathered me in his arms. He carried me down through a door and into a room. He dropped me on the floor and left the room slamming the door behind him.

I couldn't move. My body hurt too much. I have bruises here there and everywhere, and that is ignoring the mess my back is in.

Drip! Drip!

A splash of water from the leak above my head hit my nose.

I cried, curling myself up into a ball. I ignored the pressure that pressed on my back because of the iron. How long was it going to hurt for?

The door burst open.

He pushed me onto my back, his hands pinching every single part of my body. "That's it baby"

"No" I said, trying to ignore him but he was forcing himself on me. It hurt me. Everytime he rubbed himself against me. It hurt. Every kiss, hurt. Every touch, everything hurt.

"Baby you're mine nothing can every change it" he said.

I stopped fighting him there. I lay there with him draped all over me. I felt disgusted with myself for not letting anybody else in but I did it to protect everyone else like Mum did by taking Madi away.

I closed my eyes and thought about Madi. My three year old half sister too bad she has this horrid man as a father. She is a beautiful little girl and luckily she looks like mum and not him. She has long strawberry blonde hair all curled in ringlets. She loves the colour blue, she loves princess stories and she loves Jack just like I do.

We were playing in the park: Madi was on the swings, Jack and I sat having a picnic. I took my eyes off her for one moment and she was gone. I ran back home to tell mum but her car wasn't there. He was sat waiting for me; beer can in one hand, his other hand in a fist. He lunged at me.

"MADI!" I screamed, waking myself up.

He grabbed my throat, holding me up against the wall. "What do you know?"

I shook my head "nothing!"

He dropped me on the floor and kicked my stomach. "Where are they?"

I shook my head "I don't know! You were the last one to hear or from them or to see them!"

He dropped me on the floor and stretched. "You are lying"

"No I'm not I don't know where they are! I want them back as much as you!"

He kicked me in the stomach. "Why do you make me do this to you?"

I curled up into a ball as much as I could to protect myself but I had a feeling that if he wanted to he could hurt me even if something was supposed to be stopping him.

He stopped and sat on the floor. "I'm waiting"

Waiting? What for? I almost didn't want to ask him that. I didn't want to know what he was thinking.

He coughed to get my attention. He patted his lap "come on baby"

"It hurts" I said

"I know baby let me take the pain away" he said kissing me.

I was going to be sick but if he had to stop then that would make my pain worse.

He stroked my breast and pushed me back down to the ground. He pulled my legs up and over his shoulders as he inspected me. "Good you're ready"

Jack

Where was Kim? I searched everywhere that I thought she could be. I searched in the park, at the mall and at the dojo but she wasn't there. I had half a mind to stay at mine in case she turned up there. But I knew she did not have the strength to get away from what she is stuck in. It was false hope.

I knew Kim's stepfather owned some warehouses which were all dotted about all over town so I set off to search in each and every one. I could have told Jerry and Milton but I felt like they had betrayed me after they asked me about that stupid rumour that I hurt Kim after I found her with another guy.

Jack, don't be stupid, I told myself, just go back to school and let the police search for Kim.

I shook my head, no; I wouldn't be able to concentrate. I knew that I would prefer to help look for her myself. There would be no one better to search for Kim.

I skated around town trying to clear my head. In just a few days due to some unforeseen circumstances life has changed. My girlfriend is missing, (although lately it doesn't seem like we are together) and my two best friends who I thought knew me better are accusing me of doing something to her. Life sucks.